How Celebrity Deaths Influence Figure Sales

[InfraMan]

Collectors like myself and most of you in this community collect Sixth Scale Figures because of passion and the love of a character, actor, musician, athlete and beyond. The brutal truth is that no one in history has ever survived death and when we lose an icon it shakes us to the core. At the same time our collectibles cost money and a lot of it. This article goes into how Celebrity Deaths can effect the value of our figures. After you read the article I invite you to come back and tell us which icon that we lost effected you the most? You Can Read The Article HERE:

 

[a-dev]

Bill Paxton and Carrie Fisher died too young. At least with Adam West you can say he got a more complete lifespan.

As to the Hot Toys Hudson figure not increasing in value - probably because it did not have Bill's likeness...even if it did it would have been very outdated by now.

 

[Stanlore]

Well of course it effects the value no doubt. You don't know what you got till its gone right?

To an extent, Heath Ledger's Joker is a good example, although he already passed away before the Dark Knight premiered.

However, no celebrity death would be better exampled then Michael Jackson. When HT issued their first Billie Jean - MJ figure, it definitely wasn't flying off the shelves. The figure comes out for a few months, MJ passes away, and the figure sky rocketed to ridiculous prices. Then HT issued a sub-mediocre Thriller figure, mass produced it, and that sold like hot cakes. I think the original retail price for the Billie Jean was around $120-150. The price shot up to $500-600 within days.